BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Governor Bobby Jindal is in Detroit today hoping to save jobs at Shreveport's General Motors assembly plant.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- John Kennedy's campaign coffers in the U.S. Senate race are getting a boost from First Lady Laura Bush.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Louisiana students' scores on the ACT college placement test are up again, putting the 2008 test takers closer to their peers nationally.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The state Board of Ethics has picked up a second member after being nearly emptied by a mass exodus of members this summer.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ State officials say they are within weeks of starting the first 'one-stop shop' in Louisiana that would give residents a central location for assistance usually gathered from several separate state agencies.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Louisiana's public schools will start classes without guidance from the state education board about a new law that lets science teachers change how they teach topics like evolution and global warming.

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) -- It started off as a childhood activity, but now Erin Blanchard and Chris Estrada hope a trampoline leads them to gold.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The idea of giving Road Home applicants another $7,500 to help cover the costs of storm shutters and other measures to protect their homes from future storms has gained some traction.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Louisiana is the latest state to reject a federal identification card program intended as an anti-terror measure that is under criticism because of high costs and possible privacy risks.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ Officials say new findings on how education and health traits are largely determined by the age of 5 are so striking that the state plans to host a symposium on the issue this year.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Governor Bobby Jindal has signed into law legislation that would ban government funding in Louisiana for what is sometimes called ``therapeutic cloning.''

VIVIAN, La. (AP) - A 69-year-old man faces attempted manslaughter charges after shooting a Vivian man in the abdomen.